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ANTIC Interview 39 - Victor Cross, Atari copywriter
ANTIC Interview 39 - Victor Cross, Atari copywriter
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Length:
16 minutes
Released:
Apr 29, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Victor Cross, Atari copywriter
Victor Cross was a freelance copywriter for Atari from 1982 through 1984. He wrote many press releases and product announcements for Atari 2600 and 5200 games. He also wrote the documentation for the Atari 5200 Baseball game; plus various catalog copy for Atari. He also wrote game manuals for LucasArts, Spectrum Holobyte, Br0derbund, and other software companies.
Victor lent me his collection of Atari news releases that he wrote, which I scanned and uploaded toarchive.org. You'll find a link to that in our show notes atAtariPodcast.com.
This interview was conducted March 5, 2015.
LINK
Victor's Atari 5200 and Atari 2600 News Releases
Teaser quotes:
"For me, this was kind of like my big break... it was a huge blessing for me, really."
"I did play the game, and I kept killing E.T.. ... He kept dying on me. He'd literally have little crosses over his eyes. And I was going my god, nobody's going to like this."
Victor Cross was a freelance copywriter for Atari from 1982 through 1984. He wrote many press releases and product announcements for Atari 2600 and 5200 games. He also wrote the documentation for the Atari 5200 Baseball game; plus various catalog copy for Atari. He also wrote game manuals for LucasArts, Spectrum Holobyte, Br0derbund, and other software companies.
Victor lent me his collection of Atari news releases that he wrote, which I scanned and uploaded toarchive.org. You'll find a link to that in our show notes atAtariPodcast.com.
This interview was conducted March 5, 2015.
LINK
Victor's Atari 5200 and Atari 2600 News Releases
Teaser quotes:
"For me, this was kind of like my big break... it was a huge blessing for me, really."
"I did play the game, and I kept killing E.T.. ... He kept dying on me. He'd literally have little crosses over his eyes. And I was going my god, nobody's going to like this."
Released:
Apr 29, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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